It’s the right penalty for a misbehaving hockey dad — and an important warning to other parents who leave their reasonable selves behind as soon as they enter the hockey arena doors.

In December, Thornhill dad Jordan Milberg was banned by the North York Hockey League from attending his son’s Vaughan Rangers games after he hurled abusive language at a volunteer rink cashier for refusing to break his $100 bill — and now he’s lost his bid for an “urgent injunction” to get back into the stands.

Ontario Superior Court Justice Chris de Sa has dismissed the dad’s application against the league — and so Milberg will miss his son’s Oshawa tournament as well as 11 regular season games and 21 practices. If he behaves, he can come back for the playoffs at the end of February.

“I was quite surprised when he decided to take it to court,” said NYHL chief operating officer Paul Maich, who suspended Milberg. “It was gratifying to see the court support us. The language he used towards a female cashier was extreme. No volunteer should have to put up with that.”

Milberg couldn’t be reached for comment.

The man’s 11-year-old son was playing at Everest Ice Arena in Vaughan where admission to select-level games is $5. According to the judgment,Milberg only had a $100 bill and the cashier refused to accept it. A sign at the cashier’s station warned “no $100 bills.”

The angry dad confronted the middle-aged woman with “inappropriate and vulgar language calling her a ‘f—-ing bitch,’” the judge wrote in his recent ruling. When Milberg started to head inside anyway, she told him he would face a $150 fine if he went any further. At this point, his wife produced a $20 bill and paid for them both.

Milberg wasn’t done. When he returned to the area, the cashier took Milberg’s photo and told him she planned to report him. He then lost it again and “directed further profanities at the employee. More specifically,” the judge said, “(Milberg) called her a ‘f—ing c–t.’”

Not okay.

On Dec. 6. of last year, Milberg received an email from the Vaughan Rangers president informing him that he wasn’t to enter any arena where the NYHL was playing until further notice. Two days later, he was asked to come to Maich’s office to discuss the episode.

According to the ruling, Milberg admitted using “obscene and offensive language.” He apologized — but then insisted his behaviour had been provoked by the cashier’s “unreasonable conduct.” So not really an apology after all. “He thought saying sorry would make it all go away,” Maich recalled in an interview.

He told Milberg that after consulting with others in the league, he’d decided to suspend him for the regular season.

“Nobody should call a woman those names, and especially not in a children’s hockey situation,” Maich insisted. “We had to make the point that we can’t put up with it and the staff need to know we don’t abandon them.”

“I was less severe than I might have been,” he added. “There were others who said they would have suspended him for the year. But I let him come back for the playoffs. That’s one of the joys of taking your kid to hockey.”

The guy should have taken his lumps for his embarrassing conduct. Instead, he hired a lawyer.

Milberg went to court to have his suspension overturned as procedurally unfair: his lawyer argued there was no meaningful hearing or avenue of appeal. The court heard that if he was banned from attending the tournament, his son would be “devastated” and the suspension had already severely impacted on his child’s morale.

Which is unfortunate, but who’s fault is that?

De Sa dismissed the dad’s injunction application, saying there was no basis to interfere with a league sanction that was clear and not malicious or arbitrary.

“The decision to suspend was directly related to the Applicant’s rude and vulgar remarks to the attendant.” the judge ruled.

And because of his abysmal behaviour, his son will have to look into the stands in vain for his dad.